here In vancouver starting wage can range from ~30-40k. I ve heard of some artist reaching salariees of 120k but its probably pretty rare, plus when companies are looking to cut caosts usually you would be on the chopping block 1st with your fat salary.
I think the payoff really comes when a band of colleagues usually tend to break off after 5-6 years of working together and form their own studio and if they are lucky are bought and thats when the cashola comes in. but the way I look at it, I am not working at a burger shack, not doing hard physical labor and get to make something thousands of people will enjoy, so its really not too bad at all
